dare (noun)
101touch — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 act of touching sb/sth ADJECTIVE ▪ delicate, gentle, light, slight ▪ The slightest touch will set off the alarm. PREPOSITION ▪ …
102try — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 attempt ADJECTIVE ▪ good, nice ▪ Never mind it was a good try. Better luck next time. ▪ another ▪ first, second …
103adventure — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. enterprise, undertaking; happening, event; risk, hazard, venture. See chance. v. embark upon; dare. See danger. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. exploit, venture, escapade, experience; see enterprise 1 , event …
104courage — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Lack of fear Nouns 1. courage, bravery, valor; boldness, strength; daring, gallantry, heroism, intrepidity; defiance, audacity; rashness, brinkmanship; confidence, self reliance; chivalry, prowess,… …
105fear — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Anticipation of misfortune Nouns 1. fear, fearfulness, phobia; timidity, timorousness, diffidence; solicitude, anxiety, worry, care, apprehension; apprehensiveness, misgiving, mistrust, doubt, suspicion …
106hazard — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. danger, chance, risk, peril, gamble; accident, adventure, contingency. v. risk, venture, gamble. See rashness. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Danger] Syn. risk, peril, jeopardy; see danger . 2. [Luck] Syn.… …
107mock — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. ridicule, mimic, tantalize, jeer at; disappoint. See disrespect. adj. false, imitation, sham, pseudo. See deception, similarity. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. counterfeit, sham, pretended; see false… …
108REQUEST — (Roget s Thesaurus II) Index noun beggar, claim, dare, demand, supplicant verb address, beg, bill1, call, claim, dare …
109derring-do — [16] Derring do arose from a misunderstanding of the Middle English phrase dorring do, which literally meant ‘daring to do’ (dorren was the Middle English form of dare). In some 16th century editions of medieval authors this was misprinted as… …
110daring — late 14c., prp. adj. or verbal noun from DARE (Cf. dare) …
